Boebert says 46% is not enough!

[CWSmith]

Boebert gave a speech in Congress Wednesday saying that US citizens own 46% of the world's guns and that is not enough.

‘We Need to Get Our Numbers Up’: Boebert Complains Americans Own a Mere 46% of All Guns in the World

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) lamented the fact that Americans, who comprise just 4% of the global population, own 46% of the one billion civilian-owned firearms in the world.

During a floor speech on Wednesday, Boebert railed against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after the agency said it will require gun owners to register weapons with pistol braces.

A pistol brace is an accessory attached to a firearm that allows the shooter to fire more accurately and one-handed.

“Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms,” she said. “In western Colorado, we call that a fun weekend. But D.C. bureaucrats have used this agency to infringe on the rights of the American people.”

Boebert claimed the bureau has made the country “more dangerous” thanks to its infamous Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal. Between 2009 and 2011, the ATF allowed illegal gun sales in an effort to track members of Mexican drug cartels. Two of the guns were linked to the murder of a Border Patrol agent.

“Gun-free zones are the most dangerous places in our country,” Boebert added. “The Second Amendment is absolute and it’s here to stay. A recent report states that Americans own 46% of the world’s guns. I think we need to get our numbers up, boys and girls.”

Boebert appeared to be referencing a 2017 survey showing global firearm ownership rates among civilians. It found there “were 120 guns for every 100 U.S. residents.”

“The biggest force pushing up gun ownership around the world is civilian ownership in the United States,” the survey’s author stated. “Ordinary American people buy approximately 14 million new and imported guns every year.”

Boebert owned a restaurant called Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado until it closed last year.

The link contains the video of her speech.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we...b1188bb8375d5d

[Paul Pless]

pistol braces are for dorks

[SaltyD from BC]

Good for Boebert to bring that up when you factor the Jewish space lasers into the equation there's no way 46% of the guns is enough. You'd need 110% at least.

[Figment]

She had the smallest margin of victory of all '22 electees, and she's running to the right. Fascinating.

[SaltyD from BC]

Cutting edge stuff no doubt

[LeeG]

She is an unfortunate expression of American values. You can never have enough X “for defense”. Think of what it will take to cut the CMIC down to size.

[bob winter]

How did this lunatic ever get elected to office?

[LeeG]

How did this lunatic ever get elected to office?

she spoke in the language of her people. Like TFG.

[Paul Pless]

lotsa potheads in colorado

[Dave Gray]

She should be happy with this court decision

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/polit...uit/index.html

[CWSmith]

She should be happy with this court decision

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/polit...uit/index.html

You know, that's just one step short of allowing people convicted of arm robbery to own guns.

[rbgarr]

She's in favor of carrying in the halls of Congress. Who would she threatened by enough to shoot, when, under what circumstances and who else might she hit? The mind boggles.

[Nicholas Scheuer]

It's really difficult to identify who the biggest moron in the House and Senate actually is.

[TomF]

It's really difficult to identify who the biggest moron in the House and Senate actually is.

There are several running for the title. Doubtless if the title's ever awarded, the others will claim it was rigged.

[hawkeye54]

^ Post # 14 - would that then be followed by the epic " Shootout at Statuary Hall " ? (As Paul might put it, DSE ) ! ! !

[TomF]

Except for the damage to the monuments, it'd almost be worth it...

[CWSmith]

She's in favor of carrying in the halls of Congress. Who would she threatened by enough to shoot, when, under what circumstances and who else might she hit? The mind boggles.

Her own actions helped create the January 6 riot, so there is a lot of irony in this.

[JimD]

She has a point. 46% is less than half. That means Americans are out gunned and vulnerable. And that's not a fair fight. I'd be sleeping with one eye open, too.

[WI-Tom]

lotsa potheads in colorado

I doubt most of them are with Boebert, though. Her crowd is alcohol, tobacco, and guns. And trucks. Big trucks.

The potheads are out climbing.

Tom

[sonofswen]

lotsa potheads in colorado

96% of the pot heads in Oregon detest that be itch......

[epoxyboy]

She should be more worried about nuclear weapons - your global percentage is even lower . And the damn russkies have more!

Pete

[willin woodworks]

She knows her audience, thats for sure. What a dimwit...

[John hartmann]

Angertainment is a formula that works for this type. Throw some red meat to a grievance addicted crazy-pants base while “owning the libs”, with the added value of governmental dysfunction preserving the profitable status quo and staving off oversight of the corporate overlords. It only looks dim witted if you are looking at it as a rational person with a broader perspective than your own immediate self interest in mind.